This is the contorted thinking of Trump/Barr and it is malpractice. Durham should never have filled the legal proceedings in the first place. I hope all those parties vindicated today sues all those that maliciously prosecuted.The malicious practice of law matters and there needs to be accountability for this farce.
Reputations have been damaged.
By Charlie Savage
Michael Sussmann, (click here) a prominent cybersecurity lawyer with ties to Democrats, was acquitted on Tuesday of a felony charge that he lied to the F.B.I. about having no client in 2016 when he shared a tip about possible connections between Donald J. Trump and Russia.
The verdict was a blow to the special counsel, John H. Durham, who was appointed by the Trump administration three years ago to scour the Trump-Russia investigation for any wrongdoing.
The case centered on odd internet data that cybersecurity researchers discovered in 2016 after it became public that Russia had hacked Democrats and Mr. Trump had encouraged the country to target Hillary Clinton’s emails.
The researchers said the data might reflect a covert communications channel using servers for the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, a Kremlin-linked bank. The F.B.I. briefly looked at the suspicions and dismissed them....
